Tertio(S)

Tertio(S): three low pedestals for pieces seen close up

Three nesting pedestals at 45, 50 and 55 cm. A low range of heights, made for objects you look at by leaning in rather than by raising your eyes.

Not every work asks to be lifted to eye level. A piece that has to be read from above — a relief laid flat, a horizontal composition, a maquette — loses everything if you hoist it to a metre. The Tertio(S) heights answer that case, which is common and badly served by standard pedestals.

These three combine directly with the Tertio set, whose sections two of them share. Together the six pedestals cover a span from 45 to 100 cm, enough for almost any situation in a hang.

Technical specifications

Dimensions are given as height × width × depth.

Who this model is for

Collectors and private buyers

For setting a floor-standing sculpture in a living room without letting it disappear, or for lifting a piece in front of a window. Low heights sit within existing furniture instead of competing with it.

Artists and sculptors

In the studio these serve as intermediate working surfaces while a piece is being made. In an exhibition they carry the studies, maquettes and preparatory work shown alongside the finished sculpture.

Museums, galleries and art centres

Low heights are essential to making an exhibition accessible to children and to visitors using wheelchairs. They usefully complete a stock made up only of tall pedestals.

Councils and public institutions

A format suited to foyer cases, reception displays and local society exhibitions. Light, handled by one person, no tools required. Quotations on request.

Where a low pedestal works

A low pedestal rarely works alone in the middle of a room: with nothing to measure it against, it suggests the work was put there for want of anywhere better. Always pair it with a tall pedestal, even at a distance — it is the gap between the two that makes each one legible.

For display cases and shop presentations, these heights let you fill a display across several planes without blocking the back of it. Our guide to sizing a sculpture pedestal sets out how to distribute works across levels.

Low metal pedestals, made to stay

Same steel, same finish and same longevity as the tall range: the Tertio(S) is a set of three sculpture pedestals meant to serve for years. A low support gets handled often, and metal takes that regime without marking where a wooden plinth chips.

The three pedestals nest for transport: one volume to move from one exhibition to the next, and a storeroom that stays usable in between. Steel recycles endlessly without losing its qualities.